The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . quently appears. entrance road to a residence, from which it is desired to con- 222 J\\:les on Belts cf Trees. ceal the boundary, out-buildings, or other unsightly objects atb. To effect this, the planter disposes two or three regularparallel lines of trees and shrubs. Now it will be evident,we think, on a little reflection, that this disposition is in badtaste; first, because there is a want of harmony or congruitybetween the graceful curved line of the road and the rectan-gular one formed by
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . quently appears. entrance road to a residence, from which it is desired to con- 222 J\\:les on Belts cf Trees. ceal the boundary, out-buildings, or other unsightly objects atb. To effect this, the planter disposes two or three regularparallel lines of trees and shrubs. Now it will be evident,we think, on a little reflection, that this disposition is in badtaste; first, because there is a want of harmony or congruitybetween the graceful curved line of the road and the rectan-gular one formed by the trees; and secondly, on account ofthe sameness, or want of variety in the outline of such a belt,as seen from the road. In the second sketch (fg. 7,) is presented the same road,with the belt, d, correctly planted. This arrangement har- 7. monizes with the road, as the natural and graceful groupsseem to advance or recede in correspondence with its direc-tion, so as to give a meaning for its curves; it forms a thickerand more impenetrable screen, as the trees being irregularlyarranged, have more opportunity to expand their heads orbranches in various directions; and to the spectator riding orwalking along the road, it affords a thousand times more vari-ety than the common regular belt. If we examine the bell,c, (in the first sketch,) from the road, we shall find its char-acteristic quality to be a sameness not much unlike that of anenormous hedge: the trunks of the trees range in straight Description of three new Seedling Camellias. 223 lines, and the tops form a nearly even, or, at most, only ajag^ed surface of foliage. On the other hand, if we examine the hek d in like man-ner, we shall find it much more varied and interesting to theeye. While there is a back ground of foliage near the boun-dary, there is also an irreg
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